Puppet users - Nov 2010 - Problem starting puppetd for the first time (Could not create resources ...)

Hi,,,

I have a strange problem when installing puppet client 2.6.3 on a
node.
I have installed facter-1.3.8-4 and  ruby-1.8.6-8.

When I start puppetd as a normal user everything behaves normally.
A .puppet directory is installed under $HOME and ssl key is installed
under $HOME/.puppet/ssl..  I sign the certificat on the puppet master
and the client is working fine.

However I cannot change system files, so I have to run puppetd as
root. Here is where the problem starts. I ssh in as root, set up the
same environment variables (i.e LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH etc.) as the
normal user.  When i run:

puppetd -v --listen --no-daemonize --verbose

I get:

warning: iconv doesn''t seem to support UTF-8/UTF-16 conversions
err: Could not create resources for managing Puppet''s files and
directories in sections [:main, :agent, :ssl]: Could not find a
default provider for user
err: Could not create resources for managing Puppet''s files and
directories in sections [:main, :ssl]: Could not find a default
provider for user
info: Creating a new SSL key for host
err: Could not request certificate: Cannot save host; parent
directory /etc/puppet/ssl/private_keys does not exist

So no directory is created under /etc/puppet , no ssl key.

I have googled but cannot find any solution.. Anybody have a clue?
I''am running on AIX 5.3

/terry

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On Nov 25, 11:14 am, Terry <mv2...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,,,
>
> I have a strange problem when installing puppet client 2.6.3 on a
> node.
> I have installed facter-1.3.8-4 and  ruby-1.8.6-8.
>
> When I start puppetd as a normal user everything behaves normally.
> A .puppet directory is installed under $HOME and ssl key is installed
> under $HOME/.puppet/ssl..  I sign the certificat on the puppet master
> and the client is working fine.
>
Anyway, I found a walkaround. I copied the $HOME/.puppet/var directory
(from the normal user) to /etc/puppet. Restarted the daemons and it
worked. It still goves me error messages in debug mode, but it does
work. This is strange behavior.

Output in debug mode - running puppetrun from master:

notice: triggered run
err: Could not create resources for managing Puppet''s files and
directories in sections [:main, :ssl, :agent]: Could not find a
default provider for user
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: Duplicate parameter ''group'' for on File[/etc/sudoers]
at /etc/
puppet/manifests/classes/sudo.pp:8 on node xxxxx
notice: Using cached catalog
info: Applying configuration version ''1290755839''

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